12-31-2019, 10:32 AM
The switches are on a DIP switch block under the battery cover for two main reasons:
1: To keep the switches from being accidentally flipped in your pocket (or when handling the phone, etc)
2: Keep costs down. To have more buttons (or worse, switches) on the outside of the case increases the complexity of the moldings, and also adds need for more circuit boards and wiring to those boards. Those added production costs would end up translated to the purchase cost for everyone.
The current dev unit design is identical to the Braveheart and production units, other than changes to antennas.
1: To keep the switches from being accidentally flipped in your pocket (or when handling the phone, etc)
2: Keep costs down. To have more buttons (or worse, switches) on the outside of the case increases the complexity of the moldings, and also adds need for more circuit boards and wiring to those boards. Those added production costs would end up translated to the purchase cost for everyone.
(12-31-2019, 07:24 AM)p1trson Wrote: So I also really don't understand the reason to have the hw switches covered all the time. I hope that this applies only for dev versions. As it was mentioned sometimes you want to quickly turn on or off some of the switches - it's very inconvenient to have them behind the cover.
The current dev unit design is identical to the Braveheart and production units, other than changes to antennas.
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